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slowing economies in europe and china could slow global growth. and conflict with iran could push up energy prices. erika miller, "n.b.r.," new york. >> susie: joining us now with more on what to expect from president obama's state of the union address, david gordon, head of research at the eurasia group in washington d.c. >> so if you heard from our report, david, it's all about the economy. that's the big interest for most americans. what can the president propose tomorrow that will get the economy moving without some kind of big stimulus plan? >> so i think that the president's going to try to do a couple of things. first he's going to call on others to help him. first es he going to call on the congress to do two things. one, avoid the sequester, avoid the job cuts that will come from the sequester. and come to a balanced program on putting budget issues on the sidelines for the rest of this year. two, pass immigration reform so people have confidence, migrant workers have confidence, or security improves, so es's going to ask the congress. se
slowing economies in europe and china could slow global growth. and conflict with iran could push up energy prices. erika miller, "n.b.r.," new york. >> susie: joining us now with more on what to expect from president obama's state of the union address, david gordon, head of research at the eurasia group in washington d.c. >> so if you heard from our report, david, it's all about the economy. that's the big interest for most americans. what can the president propose...
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meantime not all doom and gloom from china. check out this headline, gm, general motors posting a record month for sales in china. stock up 2%. let's bring back phil lebeau on "street signs." talk to us more about what drove, excuse the pun, gm to this record moment. >> well, gm has always been strong in china. that's part of it, mandy. the lunar new year which typically falls in january is in february this year. as a result sales slow down around the lunar new year. that's not happening. this january more people in showrooms in china. not just general motors reporting strong sales in china. honda, nissan, a number of other automakers having positive comments pout what's happening in china. look at the market overall in terms of sales strength. that's what they did in january. nissan, honda, gm up 16%. look at, this guys. everybody says, sales are slowing down in china. no they are not. they are going to be 21 million vehicle sales in china this year. that's the estimate from lmc auto, that's sold around the world. the bottom l
meantime not all doom and gloom from china. check out this headline, gm, general motors posting a record month for sales in china. stock up 2%. let's bring back phil lebeau on "street signs." talk to us more about what drove, excuse the pun, gm to this record moment. >> well, gm has always been strong in china. that's part of it, mandy. the lunar new year which typically falls in january is in february this year. as a result sales slow down around the lunar new year. that's not...
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>> we have pushed back hard in china -- hard on china. we pushed back on unfair trading practices, and engage in bilateral discussions. there has been improvement. it is still undervalued and more progress needs to be made. >> the the id ministration has been good on trade enforcement and commerce -- the administration has been good on trade enforcement and commerce. you support industries filing petitions against countries that manipulate the current state? >> i would put a lot of energy behind developing a relationship where i can push back on practices in china that we think are unfair. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. lew, thanks for coming. i'm very concerned about the implications and the effects of this huge, new series of regulations most of which emulate from dodd frank. when jami dimond -- jamie dimond question bernanke about the effect of these regulations on the availability of questions -- availability of credit and job growth, bernanke acknowledged that we do not really know what the cumulative affect is and do not have a way
>> we have pushed back hard in china -- hard on china. we pushed back on unfair trading practices, and engage in bilateral discussions. there has been improvement. it is still undervalued and more progress needs to be made. >> the the id ministration has been good on trade enforcement and commerce -- the administration has been good on trade enforcement and commerce. you support industries filing petitions against countries that manipulate the current state? >> i would put a...
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what is your expectation of china's role, and do you think china has played an enabling role in the missile and nuclear program? >> [speaking japanese] >> i believe that china is a country with the biggest amount of influence over north korea. and i think implementing sanctions, we need the cooperation of china. and also in our efforts to adopt chapter 7 sanctions resolution in the un security council, since china is a permanent member of the council, we need cooperation from them as well. and when we look at the recent missile launcher and the nuclear test by north korea, we look to these, not as simple events, but in combination. they have increased the range of their missile immensely and they have not attained the ability to reach even mainland united states. and they themselves have said that they have made their nuclear bombs smaller, and they have delivered on a missile. at the same time, i believe they are working and moving towards obtaining those kinds of technologies. this is why i think the united states is pressuring china to exert more influence over north korea. i think the i
what is your expectation of china's role, and do you think china has played an enabling role in the missile and nuclear program? >> [speaking japanese] >> i believe that china is a country with the biggest amount of influence over north korea. and i think implementing sanctions, we need the cooperation of china. and also in our efforts to adopt chapter 7 sanctions resolution in the un security council, since china is a permanent member of the council, we need cooperation from them...
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the hard sciences, there is one guy that everybody clouds for because everybody comes from india and china, which is a great thing. i wish we had more native-born americans getting into hard sciences, but we need to welcome people throughout the world to come get an education. and we should make it easier for them to stay and be part of our country. then't see how you fix education system if we are going to attack the budget like this. if we found ourselves in budgetary creon's, we keep doing this dumb thing and it has momentum of its own, and i am having to decide where the money goes, would you agree with me, secretary bentsen? -- duncan? if i had to pick the department of education and department of defense, i would pick the department of defense? >> i think these are false choices. >> if i make that dumb decision, do you agree it should be national security? >> we have to walk and chew gum at the same time. >> you have leadership, i think you have a chance. >> if i had to pick, can anybody give a direct answer? >> is a false choice, it is a false dichotomy. he already said in his testi
the hard sciences, there is one guy that everybody clouds for because everybody comes from india and china, which is a great thing. i wish we had more native-born americans getting into hard sciences, but we need to welcome people throughout the world to come get an education. and we should make it easier for them to stay and be part of our country. then't see how you fix education system if we are going to attack the budget like this. if we found ourselves in budgetary creon's, we keep doing...
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support provide stimulus and extra aggregate demand, that's mutually beneficial because, for example, china depends on the strength of europe and the u.s. as their export market and we, too, depend on other countries as well as a market for our goods. so this is, i think, a positive sum game, not a zero-sum game that we have here. >> but there was some choncern n the last meeting this target being at the end 110 instead of 78 like it was 90 days ago or maybe longer. but there is some concern that the currencies can get out of balance and that will have a significant impact on trade. would you agree with that? there was certainly -- >> there was certainly discussion of the issue. the emerging market economies, which are at full employment in many cases, are unhappy because low interest rates in the advanced economies give them a choice they don't like. either they have to accept low interest rates which they feel causes inflation or problems in their own economy or alternatively they have to let the exchange rate appreciate which hurts their export market. so, they have had some concerns wit
support provide stimulus and extra aggregate demand, that's mutually beneficial because, for example, china depends on the strength of europe and the u.s. as their export market and we, too, depend on other countries as well as a market for our goods. so this is, i think, a positive sum game, not a zero-sum game that we have here. >> but there was some choncern n the last meeting this target being at the end 110 instead of 78 like it was 90 days ago or maybe longer. but there is some...
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china depends on the strength of europe and u.s. as their export market. we, too, depend on other countries as a market for our goods. so this is a positive sum gain, not zero sum gain. >> there was some concern at the last g-20 meeting in terms of this target of the yen being at 110 instead of 78 like it was 90 days ago or maybe longer. there is some concern that currencies can get out of balance. that will have a significant impact on trade. would you agree with that? >> there was certainly discussion of the issue. the emerging market economies, which are at full employment in many cases, are unhappy because low interest rates in the advanced economies give them a choice they don't like. either they have to accept low interest rates, which they feel causes inflation or problems in their own economy, or alternately they have to raise their exchange rate appreciate which hurts their export market this. he have had some concerns with accommodative monetary policy in advanced economies in general. i don't think japan really raises a special case, not with st
china depends on the strength of europe and u.s. as their export market. we, too, depend on other countries as a market for our goods. so this is a positive sum gain, not zero sum gain. >> there was some concern at the last g-20 meeting in terms of this target of the yen being at 110 instead of 78 like it was 90 days ago or maybe longer. there is some concern that currencies can get out of balance. that will have a significant impact on trade. would you agree with that? >> there was...
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on the other hand, growth prospects are in china. investors have gotten afraid that maybe apple won't be able to maintain its margins as it tries to grow in emerging markets like that. but over the past year, if you take a look at apple's one-year chart, it's really interesting, because we're about $100 below last year's levels. this is significant because this is the first time sort of in the post-ipod era that apple's been down year over year when the market is not. take a look at the board of directors. all of these guys up for reelection. interesting to note, al gore and mickey drexler got the fewest votes a year ago. they had around 18.5% of votes withheld. that's significant because this year directors need a majority of votes in order to actually be reelected. that's new this time. i've got to say, though, a couple of shareholder proposals that will come up today that are interesting, one has to do with the number of shares that apple executives are required to hold. there is a proceeposal that the have to hold on to a third o
on the other hand, growth prospects are in china. investors have gotten afraid that maybe apple won't be able to maintain its margins as it tries to grow in emerging markets like that. but over the past year, if you take a look at apple's one-year chart, it's really interesting, because we're about $100 below last year's levels. this is significant because this is the first time sort of in the post-ipod era that apple's been down year over year when the market is not. take a look at the board...